How to hide columns on multiple sheets in a workbook?

In Excel, we can quickly hide columns in one worksheet, but, have you ever tried to hide columns across multiple sheets at once? Normally, you may try to select all sheets and apply the Hide feature, but it will not work successfully. This article, I will talk about how to hide columns across multiple worksheets quickly?

Hide columns on multiple worksheets in a workbook with VBA code

Hide columns on multiple worksheets in a workbook with VBA code

The following code can help you to hide specific columns across all worksheets immediately, please do as this:

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Hide columns on multiple sheets at once:

 Sub Hide_Columns()
'Updateby Extendoffice
    Dim iWs As Integer
    Dim sCol As String
    On Error Resume Next
    sCol = Application.InputBox("Input entire column,Eg A:A OR A:B", _
                                "Kutools for Excel", , , , , , 2)
    If sCol = "" Then
        MsgBox "Empty columns", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    For iWs = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
        ThisWorkbook.Sheets(iWs).Columns(sCol).Hidden = True
    Next iWs
    On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

3. Then press F5 key to run this code, and a prompt box is popped out to remind you type the columns that you want to hide across all worksheets, see screenshot:

4. And then click OK button, your specified columns have been hidden in all worksheets at once.

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